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EIA for the proposed Hulhule-Male’ Bridge Project<br />

Table 4.16: Regional earthquake list (M≥7, 1902-2014)<br />

Focal<br />

Latitude Longitude<br />

Magnitude Distance from the epicentre<br />

S/N Time<br />

depth<br />

(S) (W)<br />

M<br />

(km)<br />

(km)<br />

1 1944-02-29 0.50 76.00 35 7.2 488<br />

2 1983-11-30 -6.48 72.06 10 7.7 1223<br />

3 2003-07-15 -2.66 68.33 10 7.5 944<br />

Figure 4.50: Regional distribution map of historical earthquakes<br />

4.8.1.2 Seismic geological structure of near field and the bridge site area<br />

The project site of the proposed bridge is located between the Male Island and the Airport Island<br />

in Maldives, where the terrain is low and flat, with an average elevation of about 1.2 meters. The<br />

site is far away from the mainland, about 600 km from the southern end of India and near 750<br />

km from the southwest end of Sri Lanka. Almost all sea areas within the region were submerged,<br />

Prepared by: CDE Consulting & China Shipping Environment Technology<br />

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